Robust and optimal attitude control of spacecraft with disturbances

In this paper, a robust and optimal attitude control design that uses the Euler angles and angular velocities feedback is presented for regulation of spacecraft with disturbances. In the control design, it is assumed that the disturbance signal has the information of the system state. In addition, it is assumed that the disturbance signal tries to maximise the same performance index that the control input tries to minimise. After proposing a robust attitude control law that can stabilise the complete attitude motion of spacecraft with disturbances, the optimal attitude control problem of spacecraft is formulated as the optimal game-theoretic problem. Then it is shown that the proposed robust attitude control law is the optimal solution of the optimal game-theoretic problem. The stability of the closed-loop system for the proposed robust and optimal control law is proven by the LaSalle invariance principle. The theoretical results presented in this paper are illustrated by a numerical example.     

Manoeuvring and vibration reduction of a flexible spacecraft integrating optimal sliding mode controller and distributed piezoelectric sensors/actuators

This investigation is to apply optimal sliding mode (OSM) control theory and distributed piezoelectric sensor/actuator technology to vibration control of a flexible spacecraft. An approximate analytical dynamic model of a slewing flexible spacecraft with surface‐bonded piezoelectric sensors/actuators is developed using Hamilton's principle with discretization by assumed model method. To satisfy pointing requirements and simultaneously suppress vibration, two separate control loops are adopted. The first uses the piezoceramics as sensors and actuators to actively suppress certain flexible modes by designing a positive position feedback (PPF) compensators that add damping to the flexible structures in certain critical modes in the inner feedback loop; then a second feedback loop is designed using OSM control to slew the spacecraft. The OSM controller minimizes the expected value of a quadratic objective function consisting of only the states with the constraints that the error states always remain on the intersection of sliding surfaces. The advantage in this method is that the vibration reduction and attitude control are achieved separately in the two separate feedback loops, allowing the pointing requirements and simultaneous vibrations suppression to be satisfied independently of one another. An additional attraction of the design method is that the selection of PPF gain is determined by introducing a cost function to be minimized by the feedback gains which are subject to the stability criterion at the same time, such that the feedback gains are selected in a more systematical way to avoid the arbitrary selecting of feedback gains. The proposed control strategy has been implemented on a flexible spacecraft, which is a hub with a cantilever flexible beam appendage and can undergo a single axis rotation. Both analytical and numerical results are presented to show the theoretical and practical merits of this approach. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Robust nonlinear control of spacecraft formation flying using constraint forces

A robust nonlinear control method is presented for spacecraft precise formation flying.With the constraint forces and consid-ering nonlinearity and perturbations,the problem of the formation keeping is changed to the Lagrange systems with the holonomic constraints and the differential algebraic equations (DAE).The nonlinear control laws are developed by solving the DAE.Because the traditional numerical solving methods of DAE are very sensitive to the various errors and the resulting con-trol laws are not ro...     

相机与星敏组合体结构件常压热变形复合测量试验方法

针对某型号卫星相机与星敏组合体结构件的热变形试验需求,提出了一种常压热变形复合测量试验方法.在地面常压环境下,采用经纬仪、数字摄影测量相机、激光位移计共3种测量设备,通过搭建测控系统,设计试验工况,制造温度拉偏,精确复合测量试件在各种温度工况下的热变形情况,并进行相互验证,消除外部环境干扰等因素引起的试验件的位移,为验证热变形分析、改进设计提供支撑数据.试验按照试件温度状态分为4个工况、20个子工况,测量得到常压环境下相机、星敏间夹角最大变化量为200″.试验表明,该常压热变形复合测量试验方法完全满足卫星结构热变形的测量需求,探寻了相机与星敏间夹角变化与温度变化间的规律,试验数据与计算结果吻合,并为复杂几何形体的机械零件热变形测量提供了新的测试方法与手段.     

纳米技术航天器的总体构想

基于纳米技术对未来航天器发展产生革命性影响的判断,提出了纳米技术航天器的概念,介绍了纳米技术航天器的基本概念、预期指标、总体构想和潜在应用,并以深空探测为例,重点针对纳米技术在解决深空探测器轻量化结构设计、能源供给、推进等问题的优势和原理,最后对纳米技术航天器研究的前景进行分析并提出发展建议。     

基于自抗扰控制的空间飞行器姿态控制研究

空间飞行器姿态控制的主流方法是基于经典控制理论的,但它要求建立对象精确的数学模型。当对象模型不精确或是具有非线性、时变特性时,经典控制方法将很难满足实际的设计要求。在分析了空间飞行器姿态运动特性的基础上,引入自抗扰技术,设计了两种姿态控制系统,并将两者的结果进行对比,验证了自抗扰控制方法的有效性,同时指出了在实际应用中需注意的问题。     

考虑非线性模型不确定性的航天器自主交会控制

考虑航天器交会模型不确定性的问题,提出基于一般非线性相对运动方程的自适应控制策略. 针对复杂非线性系统中由外部扰动及目标星轨道参数引起的线性与非线性不确定性问题,通过自适应神经网络对模型结构进行参数化近似. 结合自适应反推技术和李雅普诺夫稳定方法进行自适应控制器设计,能够实现控制目标,保证所得闭环系统的渐近稳定性. 为了探究同时存在模型不确定性和输入约束的情况下航天器相对运动的自适应控制设计,提出辅助控制系统来分析和解决输入约束的影响. 针对相对运动提出的自适应控制策略保证了闭环系统的稳定性,使得模型未知参数的自适应估计满足最终一致有界性. 对不同案例分析比较的数值仿真结果验证了提出控制方法的有效性.     

原子氧对航天材料表面的作用与防护 I原子氧与航天材料的作用

综述了低地球轨道环境下原子氧与航天材料的相互作用及其机制，介绍了原子氧敏感性材料以及它们在低地球轨道环境下的降解情况。     

Key payload technologies for future satellite personal communications: A European perspective

This paper deals with satellite payload architectures adequate for the provision of universal mobile telecommunication services (UMTS) by medium altitude earth and geostationary orbit (MEO and GEO) satellites. The payload concept introduced is based on a transparent transponder with onboard digital signal processing (DSP) operations and digital beamforming at the traffic carrier level (narrowband beamforming). The emphasis of the paper is on key design aspects and technology considerations of the payload processor unit (PPU), which includes multiplexing/demultiplexing and digital beamforming operations, and on the antenna and RF signal handling subsystems. For completeness, a review on the European digital technology is also presented. The development of such a payload architecture is in line with present and planned activities of the European Space Agency (ESA) for MEO and GEO orbit systems, which are also implicitly discussed in the paper.     

设备故障诊断中的特征提取

以某航天器姿控系统为研究对象,对故障的原始特征进行特征提取和选择,以使所建立的故障标准模式由少数几个新特征给予有效的表达,较好地实现了主要故障模式的分离,为提高设备故障诊断能力和故障定位能力奠定了基础。同时,通过考察权系数,可判断出主分量中各个参数的贡献率,这将有利于指导设计阶段的测点选择。